331. The below paintings are
owned by the Kenosha Public Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Peter
Bianchi was born in Kenosha in 1920. His early studies were carried
out at the Mizen Academy of Art in Chicago, the Chicago Academy
of Art and the American Academy of Art. While working on a project
for National Geographic, on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Bianchi had
the opportunity to experiment with scientific illustration. His
work was so well received, he was invited to join the staff of
the magazine and continued his work there for fourteen years.
He collaborated with scientific specialists to illustrate Louis
Leakey's great 1959 Tanzanian discovery of "Zinjanthropus."
Peter Bianchi died in 2001.

Peter Bianchi "Giant Rhinos"
H. 11" x W. 21" Before Treatment

Peter Bianchi "Chapin Mesa"
H. 14" x W. 22" Before Treatment

During Cleaning

During Cleaning

After Treatment

After Treatment

Peter Bianchi "Making Pottery"
H. 13" x W. 14" Before Treatment

Peter Bianchi "Wyoming Mammoth"
H. 16" x W. 11" Before Treatment

During Cleaning

During Cleaning

After Treatment

After Treatment

332. The State Historical Society
of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa has an outstanding collection of regional
artists from Iowa and beyond. These three oils are representative
of their Governor's collection and 19th-century portraits. The
left image is Buren R. Sherman, (1836-1904). Sherman served as
the State's Governor from 1882-1886. He was also a Civil War
veteran. General Nathaniel Lyon, center, holds the distinction
as the first General killed in the Civil War. Joshua Newbold
(1830-1903), shown on the right, was Iowa's Governor from 1877
to 1888. He also served in the Civil War earning a Captain's
rank.

Phillips "Buren R. Sherman"
1879 H. 40" x W. 32" Before

Anon. "Gen. Nath. Lyon"
H. 45" x W. 32" Before

F. Schurig "Joshua Newbold"
1903 H. 25" x W. 21" Before

During Cleaning

During Cleaning

During Cleaning

After Treatment

After Treatment

After Treatment

333. William T. Mathews (1821
- 1905) was born in Bristol, England. His family later moved
to Navarre, Ohio. At the age of 24 he moved to Cincinnati and
began an artistic apprenticeship with a local portrait artist,
Charles Soule. Mathews was able to establish himself as a favored
portraitist. His reputation grew and he carried out a full-length
portrait of Abraham Lincoln. He became known as the "Painter
of Presidents" for he also painted from life William McKinley,
Rutherford B Hayes, James A Garfield, Daniel Webster, William
Cullen Bryant, and William Jennings Bryan. Towards the end of
his career he had a studio in the Corcoran building in Washington,
DC. Although he was well known, he spent his later years in poverty
and obscurity. These two oils are owned by the Massillon Museum,
Massillon, Ohio. The museum owns approximately 50 works of art
from the artist's hand.

William T. Mathews " The Death
of Atala"
H. 22" x W. 27" Before Treatment

William T. Mathews " Young
Girl"
H. 24" x W. 20" Before Treatment

During Cleaning

During Cleaning

After Treatment

After Treatment

334. Henry Middleton Rutledge
was born April 5, 1775. He was the son of Edward Rutledge and
Henrietta Middleton. Edward Rutledge was a signer of the Declaration
of Independence and his brother John was a South Carolina delegate
to the 1st Continental Congress.Henrietta was the daughter of
Henry Middleton of Middleton Place, 2nd president of 1st Continental
Congress. She was also the sister of Arthur Middleton, a signer
of Declaration of Independence. Henry Middleton Rutledge married
his first cousin, Septima Sexta Middleton. The early years of
their marriage were spent in Charleston, and later they moved
to Tennessee where Rutledge owned land. They were prominent residents
of Nashville and close friends of Andrew Jackson. Rutledge died
January 20, 1844. The wonderful portrait is owned by Middleton
Place Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina.

335. Alfred Jacob Miller was
born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1810; He received his first lessons
in art from Thomas Sully, and, after painting with success in
Baltimore he went to Europe in 1833 and studied in Paris, Rome,
and Florence, His work at this time consisted chiefly of copies
of the old masters, but it was done with appreciation and accuracy.
In 1837 he accompanied Sir William Drummond Stewart to the Rocky
mountains, and made a series of sketches and paintings of the
Indians and Native-American life. This is one of the most valuable
collections of pictures of aboriginal American life that are
now extant. He traveled back to Scotland but on his return to
Baltimore he opened a studio there until his death in 1874. This
wonderful documentary painting is owned by the Philbrook Museum,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.